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Norwegian Campaign Order of Battle from Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia Create account Log in Article Talk Read Edit View history Norwegian Campaign order of battle From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Navigation This article has multiple issues. Please help improve it or discuss these issues on the talk page. Main page This article needs additional citations for verification. (October 2010) Contents This article relies largely or entirely upon a single source. (October 2010) Featured content Current events The German operation for the invasion of Denmark and Norway in April 1940 was code-named Weserübung, or "Weser Exercise." Opposing the Random article invasion were the partially mobilized Norwegian military, and an allied expeditionary force composed of British, French, and Free Polish Donate to Wikipedia formations. The following list formed the order of battle for this campaign. Contents Interaction 1 Germany Help 1.1 XXI Gruppe About Wikipedia 1.2 Luftwaffe Community portal 1.3 Kriegsmarine Recent changes 2 Danish Contact page 2.1 Royal Danish Army 2.2 Royal Danish Navy 3 Norwegian Toolbox 3.1 Norwegian Army What links here 3.2 Royal Norwegian Navy Related changes 4 Allied Upload file 4.1 Mauriceforce Special pages 4.2 Sickleforce Permanent link 4.3 Rupertforce Page information 4.4 Royal Navy Data item 4.5 French Navy Cite this page 4.6 Free Polish Navy 5 See also 6 References Print/export 7 Sources Create a book Download as PDF Germany [edit] Printable version XXI Gruppe [edit] Languages On 1 March 1940, the German 21st Army Corps was renamed Group XXI and placed in charge of the invasion of Norway. The group was Svenska allotted two Mountain and five Infantry divisions for this task. It was led by the commanding officer of the XXI Korps, General der Infantrie Nikolaus von Falkenhorst. His Chief of Staff was Colonel Erich Buschenhagen. Edit links Corps Troops German 730th heavy artillery battalion 2nd Mountain Division Commanded by Generalleutnant Valentin Feurstein The division fought in the northern part of Norway, the 137th regiment dropped by parachute at Narvik on 15 May. Regiments: 136th & 137th mountain light infantry; 111th mountain artillery 3rd Mountain Division Commanded by Generalleutnant Eduard Dietl Most of this division was landed at Trondheim and Narvik on 9 April. Regiments: 138th & 139th mountain light infantry; 112th mountain artillery 69th Infantry Division Commanded by Generalmajor Hermann Tittel From 9 April through 15 April, divisional elements were transported to Bergen, Stavanger, and Oslo. Regiments: 159th, 193rd, and 236th infantry; 169th artillery 163rd Infantry Division Commanded by Generalmajor Erwin Engelbrecht Elements were landed at Oslo, Kristiansand, Arendal, and Stavanger, beginning on 9 April. Regiments: 307th, 310th, and 324th infantry; 234th artillery 181st Infantry Division Commanded by Generalmajor Kurt Woytasch By 15 April, this division had arrived at Trondheim, being primarily transported by aircraft. Regiments: 334th, 349th, and 359th infantry; 222nd artillery 196th Infantry Division Commanded by Generalmajor Richard Pellengahr By 15 April, most of this division had landed at Oslo. Page 1 / 8 Regiments: 340th, 345th, and 362nd infantry; 233rd artillery 214th Infantry Division Commanded by Generalmajor Max Horn. It landed at Kristiansand and Arendal on 17 and 18 April. Regiments: 355th, 367th, and 388th infantry; 214th artillery 170th Infantry Division Commanded by Generalmajor Walter Wittke Entered Denmark through the southern end of Jutland peninsula on 9 April. Regiments: 391st, 399th, and 401st infantry; 240th artillery 198th Infantry Division Commanded by Generalmajor Otto Röttig Occupied Copenhagen, Zealand, and the southern Danish islands on 9 April. Regiments: 305th, 308th, and 326th infantry; 235th artillery German 11th Motorized Rifle Brigade Commanded by Oberst Günther Angern Part of the Denmark invasion force. It was replaced by garrison troops from the 160th Security Division on 13 May, when the brigade was withdrawn for use in the invasion of France. Regiments: 110th and 111th motorized infantry Luftwaffe [edit] The Luftwaffe's X Fliegerkorps was commanded by Lieutenant-General Hans Ferdinand Geisler; it had operational command of all Luftwaffe units participating in Operation Weserübung. Parachute troops I/German 1st Parachute Regiment Commanded by Major Erich Walther Individual companies were used to occupy key airfields in northern Denmark (Ålborg), near Stavanger (Sola), and Oslo (Fornebu). Aircraft available 102 fighters. 233 bombers. 39 dive bombers. 165 reconnaissance aircraft (including floatplanes). 582 transport aircraft. Kriegsmarine [edit] Baltic Sea and Norwegian Waters Naval Group Command West – Generaladmiral Alfred Saalwächter Battleship Force – Vice Admiral Günther Lütjens Gneisenau, Kapitän zur See Harald Netzbandt (damaged 20 June) Scharnhorst, Kapitän zur See Kurt-Caesar Hoffmann (damaged 8 June) Objective: Narvik Warship Group One – Kapitän zur See and Commodore Friedrich Bonte ( † 10 April) First Flotilla (detachment) – Fregattenkapitän Fritz Berger Z2 Georg Thiele (Type 1934) – Korvettenkapitän Max-Eckart Wolff (beached 13 April) Second Flotilla – Fregattenkapitän Erich Bey Z9 Wolfgang Zenker (Type 1934A) – Fregattenkapitän Gottfried Pönitz (beached and scuttled 13 April) Z11 Bernd von Arnim (Type 1934A) – Korvettenkapitän Curt Rechel (beached and scuttled 13 April) Z12 Erich Geise (Type 1934A) – Korvettenkapitän Karl Smidt (sunk 13 April) Z13 Erich Koellner (Type 1934A) – Fregattenkapitän Alfred Schulze-Hinrichs (scuttled 13 April, Schulze-Hinrichs (POW)) Third Flotilla – Fregattenkapitän H.-J. Gadow Z17 Diether von Roeder (Type 1936) – Korvettenkapitän Erich Holthof (scuttled 13 April) Z18 Hans Lüdemann (Type 1936) – Korvettenkapitän Herbert Friedrichs (Flotilla Flagship) (scuttled 13 April) Z19 Hermann Künne (Type 1936) – Korvettenkapitän Friedrich Kothe (scuttled 13 April) Z21 Wilhelm Heidkamp (Type 1936) – Korvettenkapitän Hans Erdmenger, (Group One Flagship) (sunk 10 April) Z22 Anton Schmitt (Type 1936) – Korvettenkapitän Friedrich Böhme (sunk 10 April) Transporting: Advanced HQ/3rd Mountain Division – Generalleutnant Eduard Dietl, 139th Mountain Regiment/3rd Mountain Division – Oberst Windisch, coastal artillery battery (crew only), Naval signals section, Army signals platoon, I Bn/32nd LW Flak Regiment (personnel only) Landing Group (planned to be at or entering Narvik when Warship Group One was scheduled to arrive.) Bärenfels (cargo ship) (army equipment, guns, and ammunition) – diverted to Bergen and sunk by Fleet Air Arm air attack on 14 April Rauenfels (cargo ship) (army equipment, guns, and ammunition) – sunk by British destroyers Havock and Hostile while entering the Ofotfjord on 10 April. Alster (cargo ship) (motor transport and military stores) – captured by the British destroyer Icarus near Bodø on 10 April Tanker Group Jan Wellem (tanker) – arrived at Narvik, sunk 13 April Kattegat (tanker) – scuttled by crew after being intercepted by Norwegian patrol boat Nordkapp on 9 April Objective Trondheim Warship Group Two – Kapitän zur See Hellmuth Heye, Admiral Hipper, Kapitän zur See Hellmuth Heye (damaged 8 April) 2. Destroyer Flotilla – Fregattenkapitän Rudolf von Pufendorf Page 2 / 8 Z5 Paul Jakobi (Type 1934A) – Korvettenkapitän Hans-Georg Zimmer, Flagship of 2. Destroyer Flotilla Z6 Theodor Riedel (Type 1934A) – Korvettenkapitän Gerhardt Böhmig Z8 Bruno Heinemann (Type 1934A) – Korvettenkapitän Hermann Alberts Z16 Friedrich Eckoldt (Type 1934A) – Korvettenkapitän Alfred Schemmel Admiral Hipper and a destroyer Naval Special Operations Group – Korvettenkapitän Wilhelm Hornack approaching Trondheim. Transporting: 138th Mountain Regiment/3rd Mountain Division – Oberst Weiss, minus one company on the Lutzow, diverted to Oslo, 1./112th Mountain Artillery Regiment, 1./38th Engineer Battalion, naval signals detachment, army signals platoon, Two Coast Artillery Batteries (crews only), I Bn/611th LW Flak Regiment – personnel only, airbase personnel Landing Group (Planned to be at or entering Trondheim when Warship Group Two was scheduled to arrive.) Sao Paulo (supply ship) (mined off Bergen on 9 April, mine laid by Norwegian minelayer Tyr), Levante (cargo ship) Main (supply ship) (captured and sunk on 9 April by Norwegian destroyer Draug) Tanker Group Skagerrak (tanker) (scuttled on 14 April when intercepted by the Royal Navy cruiser Suffolk) Moonsund (tanker) (sunk on 12 April by the British submarine Snapper) Objective Bergen Warship Group Three – Rear Admiral Hubert Schmundt Köln – Kapitän zur See Ernst Kratzenberg (Flag) Königsberg – Kapitän zur See Heinrich Ruhfus (damaged by Norwegian coastal artillery on 9 April, then sunk by Fleet Air Arm aircraft on 10 April) TS Bremse Fregattenkapitän Jakob Förschner (damaged by Norwegian coastal artillery on 9 April) Torpedo boat Leopard Kapitänleutnant Hans Trummer (sunk in collision 30 April) Torpedo boat Wolf, Oberleutnant Broder Peters, Flag of 6. Torpedo Boat Flotilla Korvettenkapitän Hans Marks, 1. S-Boatflotilla – Kapitänleutnant Heinz Birnbacher S-Boat-Tender Carl Peters, Kapitänleutnant Otto Hinzke (damaged by Norwegian coastal artillery on 9 April) S19, S21, S22, S23, S24, Schiff 9 (mined off Bergen on 10 April, mine laid by Norwegian minelayer Tyr), Schiff 18 (damaged and beached 25 April) Transporting: HQ/69th Infantry Division, 1./169th Engineer Bn, 2./169th Engineer Bn, HQ/159th Infantry Regiment, I./159th infantry Regiment, II./159th infantry Regiment (-5. Company), 159th Band, naval signals section, army signals platoon, two coastal
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